Leeds City Museum

Leeds City Museum, established in 1819, is a museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Since 2008 it has been housed in the former Mechanics' Institute built by Cuthbert Brodrick, in Cookridge Street. It is one of eight sites in the Leeds Museums & Galleries group.

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1865 Website,  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Leeds Civic Theatre and College Of Music; Leeds Institute
local authority museum, theatre building, local museum, art collection, 

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  Harewood Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed castle in Harewood, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK  

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  Ripley Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed castle in Ripley, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom  

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  Sandal Castle ⓘ
  medieval castle in England  

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  Wakefield Castle ⓘ
  castle in the UK  

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  Knaresborough Castle ⓘ
  Ruined fortress in North Yorkshire, England, UK  

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  Spofforth Castle ⓘ
  castle in Spofforth with Stockeld, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK  

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  Potternewton Park ⓘ
  park in Leeds  

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  Park Square ⓘ
  garden square in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK  

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  The Hollies ⓘ
  park and gardens in Weetwood, Leeds  

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  Roundhay Park ⓘ
  park in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

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  York Gate Garden ⓘ
  garden in Adel, Leeds  

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  Abbey House Museum ⓘ
  Local authority museum in Leeds, United Kingdom

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  Askham Bryan Wildlife and Conservation Park ⓘ
  British Zoo

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  Bagshaw Museum ⓘ
  Local museum in Batley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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  Bolling Hall Museum ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Bramham Park ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Bramham cum Oglethorpe, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

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  Brontë Parsonage Museum ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury, West Yorkshire, England,UK

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  Calderdale Industrial Museum ⓘ
  Museum in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Cannon Hall ⓘ
  country house museum in Cawthorne, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Colour Experience ⓘ
  former museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire

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  Cooper Gallery ⓘ
  Church Street, Barnsley

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  Dewsbury Bus Museum ⓘ
  bus museum in Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire, England

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  Dewsbury Canal Museum ⓘ
  museum in Dewsbury, England, UK

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  Dewsbury Minster Heritage Centre ⓘ
  museum in Dewsbury, England, UK

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  Duke of Wellington's Regiment Museum ⓘ
  military museum in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  East Riddlesden Hall ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in North Yorkshire, UK

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  Experience Barnsley ⓘ
  UK archive

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  Henry Moore Institute ⓘ
  art gallery in Leeds, West Yorkshire  

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  Horsforth Village Museum ⓘ
  local museum in Horsforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Leeds Industrial Museum ⓘ
  museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK  

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  Lotherton Hall ⓘ
  country house in West Yorkshire, England

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  Middleton Railway ⓘ
  heritage railway line in Leeds, England

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  Museum of Rail Travel ⓘ
  rail travel museum operated by the Vintage Carriages Trust in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Oakwell Hall ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, UK

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  Otley Museum ⓘ
  Local museum in Otley, England, United Kingdom  

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  Ponderosa Zoo ⓘ
  zoo in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, England

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  Pontefract Museum ⓘ
  Museum in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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  Royal Pump Room Museum ⓘ
  former spa water pump, now a museum in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK

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  Temple Newsam ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Leeds, United Kingdom, United Kingdom

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  Thwaite Watermill ⓘ
  museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

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  Tolson Museum ⓘ
  Museum in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Tropical World ⓘ
  butterfly house and animal attraction in England

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  Wakefield Museum ⓘ
  Museum in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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  Whistlestop Valley ⓘ
  narrow gauge heritage railway in West Yorkshire, England

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  Shibden Hall ⓘ
  historic house museum. in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Harewood House ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum and Zoo in Harewood, United Kingdom

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  Leeds City Museum ⓘ
  museum in Leeds, England, United Kingdom, in a former mechanic's institute, later civic theatre building  

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  Victoria Jubilee Museum ⓘ
  museum in Yorkshire

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  Bankfield Museum ⓘ
  textiles gallery, historic house museum, regimental museum. in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Colne Valley Museum ⓘ
  historic house museum, United Kingdom

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  Leeds Art Gallery ⓘ
  municipal art gallery in England, United Kingdom

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  Cliffe Castle Museum ⓘ
  Heritage centre, historic house museum. in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Castleford Museum ⓘ
  museum in Castleford, England, UK

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  Huddersfield Library ⓘ
  public library in Huddersfield

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  Moravian Museum ⓘ
  museum in Pudsey, England, UK

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  Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery ⓘ
  art gallery at the University of Leeds  

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  Impressions Gallery ⓘ
  art gallery in the UK

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  Bradford Industrial Museum ⓘ
  Industrial museum, mill museum, textile museum, in Eccleshill, Bradford, United Kingdom

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  Mental Health Museum ⓘ
  museum in Wakefield, England, UK

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  National Science and Media Museum ⓘ
  media museum in Bradford, United Kingdom

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  National Coal Mining Museum for England ⓘ
  coal mining museum in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum ⓘ
  children's museum, natural history museum, local archaeology museum, interpretation centre in West Yorkshire, England

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  Harlow Carr Museum of Gardening ⓘ
  museum in Harrogate, England, UK

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  Keighley Bus Museum ⓘ
  museum in Keighley, England, UK

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  Eureka! The National Children's Museum ⓘ
  children's museum in Yorkshire, England

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  Royal Armouries Leeds ⓘ
  museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom  

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  Thackray Museum of Medicine ⓘ
  medical museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom  

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  Ilkley Toy Museum ⓘ
  toy museum in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England, UK

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  Leeds Discovery Centre ⓘ
  museum storehouse in Leeds, England, United Kingdom

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  Hepworth Wakefield ⓘ
  art gallery in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  The Tetley ⓘ
  pub in Leeds, UK  

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  Bradford Police Museum ⓘ
  museum in Bradford, England, UK

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  Saltaire Collection ⓘ
  museum in the United Kingdom

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  Warley Museum ⓘ
  museum in Warley, England, UK

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1865 Leeds City Museum

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1788 Park Square

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1801 The Hollies

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1872 Roundhay Park

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1951 York Gate Garden

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1887 Colne Valley Museum

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1888 Leeds Art Gallery

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1892 Cliffe Castle Museum

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1932 Castleford Museum

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1937 Huddersfield Library

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1969 Moravian Museum

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1970 Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery

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1972 Impressions Gallery

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1974 Bradford Industrial Museum

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1974 Mental Health Museum

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1983 National Science and Media Museum

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1988 National Coal Mining Museum for England

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1989 Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum

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1989 Harlow Carr Museum of Gardening

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1991 Keighley Bus Museum

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1992 Eureka! The National Children's Museum

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1996 Royal Armouries Leeds

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1997 Thackray Museum of Medicine

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2002 Ilkley Toy Museum

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2007 Leeds Discovery Centre

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2011 Hepworth Wakefield

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2013 The Tetley

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2014 Bradford Police Museum

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2014 Saltaire Collection

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2016 Warley Museum

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leeds city museum

Johannes Verelst (1648-1734) - Elizabeth Iveson - LEEAG.PA.1967.0014.0002 - Leeds City Museum

Leeds City Museum entrance exterior

Johannes Verelst (1648-1734) - Henry Iveson (1654–1713), Lord Mayor of Leeds (1695–1709) - LEEAG.1967.0014.0001 - Leeds City Museum

Canova Throp (1849-1879) - Leonora Throp (1873–1978), Aged 5 (the artist's daughter) - LEEDM.E.1969.0203 - Leeds City Museum

Charles Henry Schwanfelder (1774-1837) - Two Dogs Mauling a Cat - LEEAG.PA.1987.0011.0002 - Leeds City Museum

leeds city museum

Old Roman Milestone in Leeds City Museum

Leeds City Museum

Leeds arena model

• Leeds City Museums: Annual Report for 1949–50 - scientific article published in Nature, Q1860, 1950
• Leeds City Museums - scientific article published in Nature, Q1860, 1953

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		archINFORM page@		Wikidata
site	castle		Harewood Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Ripley Castle	house, castle, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	castle		Sandal Castle	castle, motte-and-bailey castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Wakefield Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1100	Knaresborough Castle	local authority museum, castle, local museum	Wikidata
site	castle	1400	Spofforth Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	garden		Potternewton Park	urban park	Wikidata
site	garden	1788	Park Square	garden square	Wikidata
site	garden	1801	The Hollies	park, villa, war memorial, rockery	Wikidata
site	garden	1872	Roundhay Park	urban park	Wikidata
site	garden	1951	York Gate Garden	garden	Wikidata
site	museum		Abbey House Museum	local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Askham Bryan Wildlife and Conservation Park	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum		Bagshaw Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Bolling Hall Museum	local authority museum, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Bramham Park	historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Brontë Parsonage Museum	historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Calderdale Industrial Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Cannon Hall	English country house, historic house museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Colour Experience	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Cooper Gallery	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Dewsbury Bus Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Dewsbury Canal Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Dewsbury Minster Heritage Centre	heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum		Duke of Wellington's Regiment Museum	regimental museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		East Riddlesden Hall	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Experience Barnsley	museum, archive, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Henry Moore Institute	research institute, art museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Horsforth Village Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Leeds Industrial Museum	industry museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Lotherton Hall	historic house museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Middleton Railway	heritage railway	Wikidata
site	museum		Museum of Rail Travel	railway museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Oakwell Hall	local authority museum, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Otley Museum	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Ponderosa Zoo	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum		Pontefract Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Royal Pump Room Museum	local authority museum, local museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Temple Newsam	historic house museum, commandry, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Thwaite Watermill	mill, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Tolson Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Tropical World	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum		Wakefield Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Whistlestop Valley	heritage railway, minimum-gauge railway	Wikidata
site	museum	1420	Shibden Hall	historic house museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1771	Harewood House	zoo, historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1865	Leeds City Museum	theatre building, local museum, local authority museum, art collection	Wikidata
site	museum	1884	Victoria Jubilee Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1887	Bankfield Museum	local museum, textile museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1887	Colne Valley Museum	historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1888	Leeds Art Gallery	art museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1892	Cliffe Castle Museum	local museum, heritage center, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1932	Castleford Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1937	Huddersfield Library	public library, library building, art museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1969	Moravian Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1970	Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery	art museum, university museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1972	Impressions Gallery	museum, art gallery	Wikidata
site	museum	1974	Bradford Industrial Museum	local authority museum, industry museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1974	Mental Health Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1983	National Science and Media Museum	national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1988	National Coal Mining Museum for England	mining museum, heritage center, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1989	Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum	local museum, children's museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1989	Harlow Carr Museum of Gardening	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1991	Keighley Bus Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1992	Eureka! The National Children's Museum	charitable organization, children's museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1996	Royal Armouries Leeds	military museum, national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1997	Thackray Museum of Medicine	medical museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2002	Ilkley Toy Museum	toy museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2007	Leeds Discovery Centre	museum, local authority museum, storage facility	Wikidata
site	museum	2011	Hepworth Wakefield	art museum, charitable organization, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2013	The Tetley	museum, pub, contemporary art gallery	Wikidata
site	museum	2014	Bradford Police Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2014	Saltaire Collection	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2016	Warley Museum	museum	Wikidata
commons	image		leeds city museum		Commons
commons	image		Johannes Verelst (1648-1734) - Elizabeth Iveson - LEEAG.PA.1967.0014.0002 - Leeds City Museum		Commons
commons	image		Leeds City Museum entrance exterior		Commons
commons	image		Johannes Verelst (1648-1734) - Henry Iveson (1654–1713), Lord Mayor of Leeds (1695–1709) - LEEAG.1967.0014.0001 - Leeds City Museum		Commons
commons	image		Canova Throp (1849-1879) - Leonora Throp (1873–1978), Aged 5 (the artist's daughter) - LEEDM.E.1969.0203 - Leeds City Museum		Commons
commons	image		Charles Henry Schwanfelder (1774-1837) - Two Dogs Mauling a Cat - LEEAG.PA.1987.0011.0002 - Leeds City Museum		Commons
commons	image		leeds city museum		Commons
commons	image		Old Roman Milestone in Leeds City Museum		Commons
commons	image		Leeds City Museum		Commons
commons	image		Leeds arena model		Commons